Mop



NOV. 7, 1933. E. M, JACKSON 1,9345542 MOP Filed July 16. 1931 Patented Nov. 7 1933 UNITED "STATE PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention has for its object to provide a mop which may be easily cleaned and laundered. The particular object of my invention is to provide a mop whichmay be used. on a floor or wall surface without removing the various fixtures commonly located 1 about or on such surfaces. My invention also provides an elastic means for locating the mop relative .to its handle at a normal angle, in which the greater part of the use of the mop is commonly performed and'which tends to hold the mop firmly-against the fioor or wall surface.

The invention may be contained in mops that vary in their details and, to illustrate a practical application of the invention, I have selected a mop containing the invention as an example of such structures, and shall describe it hereinafter. The mop selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the mop. Fig. 2 illustrates a top view of the frame of the mop, the outline of the mitten being shown by the dotted lines. Fig. 3 illustrates a view of a section taken on the plane of the line 33 indicated in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 illustrates a partial View of the frame of the mop showing the handle connecting thimble in cross section.

In the use of a mop of the well known type, a great deal of time is usually consumed in removing the furnishings and fixtures which may be located about the surface on which the mopping is to be done. In a great many instances, such furnishings are difficult or impossible to remove and efficient mopping would require go- 35 ing about the fixture. By my invention, the mop is formed to have a pair of fingers which-may be easily inserted about the fixture or its leg to make contact with the entire surface about the fixture at one motion. A mop including the features of my invention may also be readily inserted under furnishings whose base parts are relatively close to the floor surface and would otherwise be 7 inaccessible without moving the furnishings.

The mop illustrated in the drawing is formed of two units, a frame 1 and a mitten 2. The frame 1 is inserted within the mitten 2 and holds the mitten 2 in distended form. The mitten 2 is readily removable from the frame 1 so that it may be substituted or laundered after use or wear.

The mitten 2 may be cut from some cloth material of a heavy texture, such as canvas. The mitten 2 is cut to have a palm portion 3 and a pair of finger portions 5 and may be secured as by suitable stitching along its edges. A material commonly known as yarn 8 may be secured to the under side of the mitten by a suitable stitching. The yarn 8 forms a soft cushion which will take up dust particles from the surface to which the mop is applied. A slit 10 is provided in the back of the palm portion 3 of the mitten for inserting the frame 1 into the mitten. ,The slit 10 is made substantially shorter in length than the width of the palm portion 3 and is preferably located slightly remote from the end of the palm portion 3 to prevent .the frame from sliding out of the mitten when the mop is in use.

The frame 1 may be formed from wire or cold rolled steel which is bent to have extending portions 11, which will substantially fit the finger portions 5 of the mitten 1. The extending portions 11 are located angularly to each other'so that they may be inserted about the furnishings or legs of furnishings of different sizes. When the frame 1 is to be inserted through the slit 10 into the mitten 2, the ends 12 of the extending portions 11 may be drawn toward each other by gripping of the portions in the users hand and pushing the finger portions 5 of the mitten over the projecting portions 11 of the frame. As the finger portions 5 are completely located on the frame the ends 12 will be located so that, upon releasement of the portions 11, the ends 12 will readily move into the corners of the mitten and the edges of the slit 10 will be drawn together upon movement of the frame 1 from its distorted form thereby closing the slit 10. The ends 12 of the extending portions 11 may have S-shaped portions, which locates the ends 13 and 14 of'the frame in relatively close proximity to one another. The S-shaped portions 12 are twisted so as to locate the ends 13 and 14 slightly above a line drawn through the horizontal plane of the extending portions 11. By thus locating the ends 13 and 14, the extending portions 11 will be e1as-. tically held against the surface being mopped regardless of the position in which a handle 18, slidably attached to the ends 13 and 14, may be moved relative to the floor or wall surface.

The handle 18 may be suitably tippedwith a metal thimble 19. The thimble 19 and the handle 18 have suitable holes 20 and 21 for receiving the ends 13 and 14 respectively of the frame. The holes 20 and 21 are located one above the other on a line drawn through the vertical axis of the thimble 19, which makes for a pivotal action about the end 13 tending to retain the mop handle 18 atan easily grasped position when the mop handle is free. When the mop is being used, the ends will act as pivots tending to keep the yarn 8 of the mop in constant contact with the floor or wall surface.

The ends 13 and 14 may be threaded and adapted to receive suitable thumb nuts 23 to secure the handle and thimble to the frame 1. When it is desired to remove the handle from the frame, the thumb nuts 23 are removed and the handle and thimble moved sidewise with respecttoztheframe until one of the ends, 13, isfidisengaged from the hole 20, as shown in Fig. 4. The handle is then moved angularly with respect to the frame so as to prevent the reentrance of the end 13 inrthe:

hole 20 when the handle is moved in the opposite sidewise direction, to disengage the end 14 fronr the hole 21.

Thus, it will be seen that the construction presents an efficient mop which has parts-that areeasily removable for substitution or cleaning.

I claim:

1. In amop;-a resilient frame, the-resilient frame being formed of wire;. the wire bent to have a substantially U-shap'ed central portion; the legs of the U shaped portiondiverging progressively from'each other theportions intermediate the U-shaped'portion and the ends-of: the wire-bent to return upon themselves, the endsof the Wire bent substantially Seshapedi to: terminate at points inproximity to the web of the U-shaped portion and to eachzot-her a fabric'mitten: memher having: a: yarn material stitched on one side thereof the mitten' member having a'pocket, the pocket having finger portions, the-finger portions having diverging facingyedge portions adapted to receive andfitover the: U:-shaped portion-0f the frame; the'saidi mitten member having aslit communicating with the pocket-,the slit being of a length less than the dimension between i the returned end portions of the frame member whereby the end portions of the frame must be moved toward one another to insert the frame through the slit into the pocket of the mitten member and spreading the mitten member when released within the pocket thereby closing the said slit to prevent accidental removal of the said mitten memher from the frame.

2. In a mop; a resilient frame; the resilient frame being formed of wire, the. wire bent to have a substantially central U-shaped portion the legs of the U-shaped portion diverging progressively from one another, the portions of the wire intermediate the U-shaped portions and the ends of the wire bent to return upon themselves, the ends of the wire bent substantially S-shaped to terminate at points in proximity to the web of the U-shapedportionand to each other, a handle slidably connected to the S-shaped end portions of the frame, a fabric mitten member having a yarn materialconnected to. one'side thereof, the mitten member havingapocket; the pocket. having finger portions; the finger portions having proximating edgesdiverging progressively from eachother and adapted toreceive andfit over the-U -shaped frame portion, themitten member. having a slit communicating with. the pocket. and located near one end thereof, the slit being of alength less than the-dimensionbetween the returnedend portions ofthe frame member whereby the said portions;

of the, frame proximate. to the S.-shaped portions must be moved toward each other to insert the resilient. framev throughithe; slit, the said portions beingv adapted to-spread within the mitten mem her when released thereby drawing the edges of 1:

the said slit to ether.

ELIZABETH. M. JACKSON. 

